Dååth is a death metal band from Atlanta, Georgia who formed in 2003. Their latest full-length album, “The Deceivers,” is the band's fifth and their first in 14 years!
I've been a fan of them for a long time now and never thought they would ever release another album again!
For those unfamiliar, the band's extreme sound is dynamic. Elements of progressive, groove, melodic and industrial have graced their albums. “The Deceivers” expands upon their symphonic elements.
Thankfully these elements don't take away from their intensity; this is symphonic metal more along the lines of Septicflesh and Fleshgod Apocalypse than Epica and Nightwish.
Sole original member guitarist Eyal Levi returns alongside longtime vocalist Sean Zatorsky but the entire band is on another level.
The album actually does an impressive job of combining all eras of the band so even while It is being a fresh piece of new music, it acts as both an overview of their career and am excellent entry level point for new fans. The years absent doesn't seem so long now.
The album opens with “No Rest No End,” which is dynamic from the start with clean instrumentation that quickly gives way to fast paced symphonics, thick bass and riffs for days.
Around the 1:30 make, the choppy riffs and mad barking vocals bring alive a special sort of brutality. From the halfway point, the guitars let loose soaring solos before going into a crazy progressive laced movement.
“Ascension” is a massive song—the super tight, rapid, and focused speed attack works wonderfully with the symphonics The later half of the song, especially near the end, is a rifftastic nightmare with exceptional drumming. The symphonics are as energetic and urgent as the rest of the instruments and it all comes together at the 3:01 mark and builds up spectacularly throughout the rest of the song.
“The Silent Foray” is the longest song on the album at 6:43 and the highly of it all for me. The riffs are balanced between crushing and groovy, as are the drums. The cadence of the vocals are catchy as hell, perfect for the riffs to work from as they are thrown out left and right. Around the 4:41 mark the band gets a little theatrical for a brief pause before finishing out with a sweltering atmosphere. Per Nilsson of SCARY SYMMETERY is featured as well and he does, as expected, a bang up job.
Another highly is “Purified By Vengeance,” which melds their sound to the wall and represents what the album is all about—while destroying from beginning to end. The drums and bass are particularly robust, especially during the mid section when the symphonic textures highlight the instruments like a bolt of lighting flashing up the sky.
“Into Forgotten Dirt,” gets more intense as it moves along. The beginning is held together by dense riffs and flashes of speed from the drums. The symphonics are almost whimsical and playful but they never take away from the darkness.
All in all, Dååth have released a banger of an album that as exciting as it is energetic. Hopefully, they stick around for now and give us a another album soon.
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